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Advance Care Planning
Introduction
Advance Care Planning is defined as “Discussions with patients and/or their representatives about the goals and desired direction of the patient’s care, particularly end-of-life care, in the event that the patient is or becomes incompetent to make decisions”[1].
Deprescribing selected medications guided by the STOPPFrail[2] may reduce polypharmacy[3].
References
References
- ↑ Anonymous (2026), Advance Care Planning (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ↑ Lavan AH, Gallagher P, Parsons C, O’Mahony D (2017). “STOPPFrail (Screening Tool of Older Persons Prescriptions in Frail adults with limited life expectancy): consensus validation”. Age Ageing. 46 (4): 600–607. doi:10.1093/ageing/afx005. PMID 28119312.
- ↑ Curtin D, Jennings E, Daunt R, Curtin S, Randles M, Gallagher P; et al. (2019). “Deprescribing in Older People Approaching End of Life: A Randomized Controlled Trial Using STOPPFrail Criteria”. J Am Geriatr Soc. doi:10.1111/jgs.16278. PMID 31868920.